Diverse Participation and Newcomer Risk Perception in Open Source Software Communities
Open source software (OSS) represents a critical form of global digital infrastructure, and yet its contributor base is worryingly homogeneous. OSS is notorious for its gender representation problem – only 10% of OSS contributors are women, compared to 27% at the broader industry level. Furthermore, OSS contributors are skewing older, as fewer younger contributors are getting involved. While the OSS literature documents the experiences of (cisgender) women well, a more holistic understanding of OSS participation is lacking, as are the perspectives of other underrepresented groups. My proposal aims to develop a deeper understanding of what enables sustained participation for underrepresented contributors, to develop a more varied typology of OSS contributions, to understand how underrepresented newcomers evaluate and assess risk in OSS projects, and to develop training that helps mitigate perceived risks and barriers to OSS entry.
Tue 29 AprDisplayed time zone: Eastern Time (US & Canada) change
11:00 - 12:00 | Session 2: Human aspects (talks and panel)Doctoral Symposium at 212 Chair(s): Alexander Serebrenik Eindhoven University of Technology | ||
11:00 6mTalk | Decoding Diversity: Understanding its Impact on Team Performance in Software Teams Doctoral Symposium Kezia Devathasan University of Victoria | ||
11:06 6mTalk | Diverse Participation and Newcomer Risk Perception in Open Source Software Communities Doctoral Symposium Hana Frluckaj University of Texas | ||
11:12 6mTalk | A Framework for Supporting Transparency in Software Ecosystems Portals from the Point of View of Developer Experience Doctoral Symposium Rodrigo Zacarias UNIRIO - Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro | ||
11:18 6mTalk | Studying and Improving Code Understandability through Atoms of Confusion Doctoral Symposium Guoshuai Shi University of Waterloo | ||
11:24 6mTalk | Understanding and Improving Code Review of Changes in Build Systems Doctoral Symposium Mahtab Nejati University of Waterloo | ||
11:30 30mPanel | Panel: Human aspects Doctoral Symposium Rashina Hoda Monash University, David Redmiles University of California, Irvine, Gema Rodríguez-Pérez Department of Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, Kezia Devathasan University of Victoria, Hana Frluckaj University of Texas, Mahtab Nejati University of Waterloo, Guoshuai Shi University of Waterloo, Rodrigo Zacarias UNIRIO - Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro | ||
